This is completely untrue, The Shining was filmed entirely in the studio at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England. Kubrick lived in England by the way and never left. Only the helicopter shots were filmed with a second unit. It was a massive set with built in lights. That is how he was able to shoot in continuity over a few years.
I saw your post on Twitter. Thanks. Shooting took about a year, plus another year for editing. You may have seen Gordon Stainforth's comments on Twitter. He was the assistant editor on the film. His word to describe this video was "bollocks," though he was being polite about it. Kubrick dispatched many photographers to get shots of hotel interiors, including lobbies, rooms and the like, but then Roy Walker took those photos and designed a hotel and Gold Room that satisfied Kubrick's needs. Nothing, other than the second unit exteriors, was shot outside of the UK.
Joe Turkel, the actor who played Lloyd the bartender passed away on June 27th. Best damned bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine. Or Portland, Oregon for that matter.
I don't believe they shot anything away from Elstree Studios in England. Mainly because Kubrick never left England. He sent a second unit to get the shots of the opening titles in Montana and exterior shots of the Timberline Lodge in Oregon. After meeting Joe Turkel (Lloyd the bartender) at an autograph show called the Hollywood Show, I ran into him taking a morning walk on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica! And he invited me to lunch the next day at his favorite deli. Such a great time talking about Kubrick (he'd been in three of his films) and others (The Sand Pebbles). I got to see Buck Privates, the Abbott & Costello comedy, in that theater as part of the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival a few years back. Awesome sound and picture.
All shot at Ellstree studios in north London. In fact you can now park your car in the spot where they shot this, as half the studio was turned into a supermarket and car park. That carpark is also the square footage of the 3 Indiana Jones films interiors, and some exterior set pieces, and almost all interior star wars moments (original trilogy)
@@francesmummymac0491 Cool. I visited the site some years ago. The supermarket (Tescos) at that time had lots of photos on the walls showing filming production. I think MGM is / was, just up the road aswell.
I'm a member there at the American Legion Post 43. It's a gorgeous building with so much history. Glad you got to check it out and document it! 👍🏻😃 Keep up the good work!
I live an hour away from the Stanley hotel where Steven king got inspiration for the shining, This shining Steven king didn't like how it came out so he did the TV mini series in Colorado at the Stanley hotel
I just wanted to say this last November I got to spend the whole week of the 24th for my 48th birthday at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park it was so cool
The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite is the inspiration for the interior of the shining hotel . Looks exactly the same til this day. Definitely should check it out.
It's entirely plausible that the Gold Room bar in the film was modeled after the one at this Los Angeles location, but it is implausible - and a little silly, in fact - to suggest that the two scenes between Nicholson and Joe Turkel, and the scenes with Nicholson, Turkel, and Phillip Stone were filmed wholly or in part outside of the Elstree Studios in England. Documentary proof including footage and photos from the set confirm this. Just because you read undocumented speculation on IMDB does not make it true. There were some exterior pick-up shots and other addl photography used in the film but not for the Gold Room scenes. This is very very silly.
I lived in Hollywood many years not knowing about this! Beautiful interiors! Love old Hollywood so much. The outside looks familiar though. I am so jealous of you 2! I want to see that before I die for sure! It is pretty amazing how much Stanley was able to film something set in the US, with such grand beautiful sets, and yet he never had to step out of his neighborhood in England. I heard he could actually walk to work everyday! The cast members had to do all the traveling!
When go to old building and look it and then looks so shinning and see furniture lights and candles and pictures been there for long time just like screen
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The bar was part of The Goldroom and was built on Stage 5 of Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, London. The Boulder set was also built on Stage 5. The Red Bathroom was not part of the Goldroom. Only the hall was visible with the red tapestry.
BUT this place may have inspired the design of the sets by the set designers, similar to the way the inside of the Overlook was based on the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite. I remember watching the very scary theatrical trailer in an actual movie theater, mind you, (I had already read the book) the one that shows the elevator doors opening, and my best friend and I both thought "wow! It looks like the Ahwahnee Hotel" which we had just both visited on a youthful drive to Yosemite as teenagers. I was delighted to find out, decades later, that Kubrick's ideas were based on places we already liked and had seen. If you ever get a chance, visit the Ahwahnee in Yosemite National Park. BUT stay at Curry Village, it's much much more fun. AND much cheaper, although after Biden and Gavin Newsom, the prices have probably ascended to over $150/night for a tent, two beds, a dresser, no door locks, and squirrels and bears hanging around....
I enjoy this movie on hot summer days in Texas. All that snow & the cool mystery. Kubrick is a legend. Bryan DelPalma is also a spooky director. Check out his stuff.
Enough people have been posting responses to sufficiently debunk your "findings" in this video, so I won't say much more than I haven't already said in response to those good folks. The only thing I know about any performances in this place was sometime in the 1980s. A group of people put on a play in the armory. It was called "Tamara," and the authors were inspired by Bertolucci's "1900" to write the play and set it in the hall, since it had a "built in" setting that was perfect for their needs. However, I would have thought "The Conformist" would have been a better choice, given its Art Deco art direction. The play was one of those where the characters went from room to room and back. That meant the audience followed them around. I did not see the play, but I had read about its performance elsewhere, including The L.A. Weekly, which seemed to think this play was the greatest thing since sliced bread. It was apparently a hit with the gay community, though I cannot remember how long it ran. The "logo" was a Hirschfield-like drawing of a woman's face, wearing a 1930s style hat, a fur collar, a cigarette in a cigarette holder in her hand, maintaining a "mysterious" appearance. It was on display in front of the hall for a long time. I saw the sign a lot when driving past the place. There is no logic to having Kubrick, Nicholson, Turkell, et al., to fly to L.A., only to grab just two shots. The expense would have been more than the cost to simply redress the existing set at Elstree Studios, if that were even necessary. Kubrick had a video tap attached to his camera. If he had seen a problem in the playback, or when viewing the footage the next day, he would have re-shot everything right there on Stage 5. Where did you get this information? Or, to put it another way, do you know who started this rumor? There have been numerous rumors about Kubrick made over the years, and some have become urban legends. You are, so far, the only person I know of who audaciously made a video about such a rumor and is now passing it off as fact. The comments from people below who believe this is astonishing, and not in a good way.
I live in Borehamwood where Elstree Studios are, we are very proud of the towns connection to The Shining, Kubrick also filmed A Clockwork Orange in the town.
I can remember when the shining came out, I remember when the trailer for it came on advertising the movie I was a small kid and my big brother used to come running in pointing out the go-cart saying that's what you're getting for your Christmas..... Lol... That little kid always freaked me out along with the young girls the twins... 😱
Did you know Stephen King himself always hated Kubrick's The Shining ,for some reason. And he still does to this day. I always liked it. I have it on bluray
Probably my favorite movie. We were at the Stanley in Colorado a few years ago and I loved the whole experience. Always good stuff from you guys. Great filming location vid. You did the Timberline, now the Stanley for the background? Keep up the great work.
Thank you for fascinating channel , you guys are professional and your love for all things Grimm is so real. Love love this channel. This place is simply stunning
This place is amazing and yes, on so many levels. My friend Ted who was an assistant director with me, got married here. It was perfect for them. They both worked in the film industry and he has continued his career in the military rejoining the army reserves. The place is loaded with fantastic photos of past Hollywood icons who also served in the armed forces.
I really freaking love you guys! Im new to the channel but ever since I watched one video of y’all I have benching them. You guys have seen and done things some of us only dream we could do. Thank you for sharing all this with us!! 😄
I was in Jr. High-school when I've seen this on the big screen. It was a erie feeling at that bar but now finding out it was not filmed at the Overlook Hotel surprised me..
I probably said before in some other video but I must say again, I don't watch all of your stuff because obviously not all of it interest me, but when I do, its just awesome, you guys are great!
This is completely untrue, The Shining was filmed entirely in the studio at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England. Kubrick lived in England by the way and never left. Only the helicopter shots were filmed with a second unit. It was a massive set with built in lights. That is how he was able to shoot in continuity over a few years.
Correct
I saw your post on Twitter. Thanks. Shooting took about a year, plus another year for editing. You may have seen Gordon Stainforth's comments on Twitter. He was the assistant editor on the film. His word to describe this video was "bollocks," though he was being polite about it.
Kubrick dispatched many photographers to get shots of hotel interiors, including lobbies, rooms and the like, but then Roy Walker took those photos and designed a hotel and Gold Room that satisfied Kubrick's needs. Nothing, other than the second unit exteriors, was shot outside of the UK.
You are incorrect. This interpretation is accurate.
@@tod3msn You know nothing
WRONG! Outside EXTERIOR shots were of an ACTUAL HOTEL in Mt. Hood, Oregon (with exception to the maze). The REST OF IT, was filmed on a soundstage.
Joe Turkel, the actor who played Lloyd the bartender passed away on June 27th.
Best damned bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine. Or Portland, Oregon for that matter.
I don't believe they shot anything away from Elstree Studios in England. Mainly because Kubrick never left England. He sent a second unit to get the shots of the opening titles in Montana and exterior shots of the Timberline Lodge in Oregon.
After meeting Joe Turkel (Lloyd the bartender) at an autograph show called the Hollywood Show, I ran into him taking a morning walk on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica! And he invited me to lunch the next day at his favorite deli. Such a great time talking about Kubrick (he'd been in three of his films) and others (The Sand Pebbles).
I got to see Buck Privates, the Abbott & Costello comedy, in that theater as part of the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival a few years back. Awesome sound and picture.
Correct.
I don't leave many comments for people but wanted to thank you for the work you guys put in and for bringing us along for all these amazing rides.
They are awesome, aren't they!!! 🖤💜💚
Couldn't agree more..
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Everything in this video is in error. Nothing from The Shining was filmed here.
So you want to thanks a guy for making absolut zero research before this video??
My favorite scene of the movie. Awesome, the interaction between Jack and Lloyd, the bartender ghost.!!!
The Shining is my favorite movie ever! ⛏️ Happy Halloween ⛏️
I love the movie I have watched it 30+ times
That movie theater is gorgeous!!!!!
All shot at Ellstree studios in north London. In fact you can now park your car in the spot where they shot this, as half the studio was turned into a supermarket and car park. That carpark is also the square footage of the 3 Indiana Jones films interiors, and some exterior set pieces, and almost all interior star wars moments (original trilogy)
I live in Borehamwood where the studio is.
@@francesmummymac0491 Cool. I visited the site some years ago. The supermarket (Tescos) at that time had lots of photos on the walls showing filming production. I think MGM is / was, just up the road aswell.
@@francesmummymac0491 Hello...
I lived for a short time at 132 Thirsk D
... Thirsk Rd. in Borehamwood .
Lovely town...also Elstree , Convenient
with the train station. as well .!
cheers ! M.C.
@@michaelcelani8325 it is a lovely town, not what it once was but I love it ❤️
The line to Jack Nicholson was brilliant, “But you’ve always been the caretaker sir.” Timeless.
I'm a member there at the American Legion Post 43. It's a gorgeous building with so much history. Glad you got to check it out and document it! 👍🏻😃 Keep up the good work!
Thank you for your service!
Is it open to the public? Or is it members only to see it?
Thanks
Those rooms, the theatre, bar and alternate bar area are awesome.
I live an hour away from the Stanley hotel where Steven king got inspiration for the shining, This shining Steven king didn't like how it came out so he did the TV mini series in Colorado at the Stanley hotel
I just wanted to say this last November I got to spend the whole week of the 24th for my 48th birthday at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park it was so cool
The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite is the inspiration for the interior of the shining hotel . Looks exactly the same til this day. Definitely should check it out.
Shinning is hands down best horror movie ever
It's entirely plausible that the Gold Room bar in the film was modeled after the one at this Los Angeles location, but it is implausible - and a little silly, in fact - to suggest that the two scenes between Nicholson and Joe Turkel, and the scenes with Nicholson, Turkel, and Phillip Stone were filmed wholly or in part outside of the Elstree Studios in England. Documentary proof including footage and photos from the set confirm this. Just because you read undocumented speculation on IMDB does not make it true. There were some exterior pick-up shots and other addl photography used in the film but not for the Gold Room scenes. This is very very silly.
Very very very silly. As are the people saying Wow, what great research.
@@spacemanski 🤔
yes and Kubrick hates to fly or travel.
Alot of films are exactly the same .. one setting, two/three different locations.. lol the lies
@Sunshine 🌠 Sunshine 🌠 Someone who knows more about The Shining than you!
Beautiful building. I love Art Deco Style.
Thanks for these views. My favorit movie. Rock on my old friend, take care and hope the overlook will come back sometimes.
I lived in Hollywood many years not knowing about this! Beautiful interiors! Love old Hollywood so much. The outside looks familiar though. I am so jealous of you 2! I want to see that before I die for sure! It is pretty amazing how much Stanley was able to film something set in the US, with such grand beautiful sets, and yet he never had to step out of his neighborhood in England. I heard he could actually walk to work everyday! The cast members had to do all the traveling!
My hubbies favourite film.watching it tonight for his birthday .he is nearly word perfect now he has seen it so many times😆
When go to old building and look it and then looks so shinning and see furniture lights and candles and pictures been there for long time just like screen
That movie theater is my favorite room Simply amazing wow thank you for sharing
It looks like it! Jack says he'd do anything for a drink and the devil shows up. I adore theaters. The stage and curtains and all the decor.
We recommend reading the book if you haven’t yet. We are American Legion members and Roni belongs to this post. We are like giddy teens whenever we’re at American Legion Post 43. THIS is a marvelous video. Epic content.✨
Woahhhh! The Shining is down as my “scariest of all time”!!! Yasssss! “Come play with us Danny…” Goosebumps!! Here’s Johnnnyyyy!!!
I just discovered your channel Tuesday and I’ve been geeking out with all of the locations that you visited.
I love watching you and Baby Ghoul. From Manchester UK home of Manchester City FC 😁
I’ve been enjoying your videos and appreciate the quality and editing you put into each one.
Shame the research is poor
Awesome, luv that movie so much
The bar was part of The Goldroom and was built on Stage 5 of Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, London.
The Boulder set was also built on Stage 5.
The Red Bathroom was not part of the Goldroom. Only the hall was visible with the red tapestry.
BUT this place may have inspired the design of the sets by the set designers, similar to the way the inside of the Overlook was based on the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite. I remember watching the very scary theatrical trailer in an actual movie theater, mind you, (I had already read the book) the one that shows the elevator doors opening, and my best friend and I both thought "wow! It looks like the Ahwahnee Hotel" which we had just both visited on a youthful drive to Yosemite as teenagers. I was delighted to find out, decades later, that Kubrick's ideas were based on places we already liked and had seen. If you ever get a chance, visit the Ahwahnee in Yosemite National Park. BUT stay at Curry Village, it's much much more fun. AND much cheaper, although after Biden and Gavin Newsom, the prices have probably ascended to over $150/night for a tent, two beds, a dresser, no door locks, and squirrels and bears hanging around....
I enjoy this movie on hot summer days in Texas. All that snow & the cool mystery. Kubrick is a legend. Bryan DelPalma is also a spooky director. Check out his stuff.
I liked Lloyd - he was a gentleman.
One of my favorite horror movies ever & it’s a great movie I loved the Shining
wow that theater is amazing
"You set'm up and I'll knock them back Lloyd!! One ba one!"
You need to visit the Stanley Hotel where Stephen King was inspired to write the Shining. Very historical and amazing!
Looking forward to watching this later.
The Shining is a masterpiece.
Enough people have been posting responses to sufficiently debunk your "findings" in this video, so I won't say much more than I haven't already said in response to those good folks.
The only thing I know about any performances in this place was sometime in the 1980s. A group of people put on a play in the armory. It was called "Tamara," and the authors were inspired by Bertolucci's "1900" to write the play and set it in the hall, since it had a "built in" setting that was perfect for their needs. However, I would have thought "The Conformist" would have been a better choice, given its Art Deco art direction. The play was one of those where the characters went from room to room and back. That meant the audience followed them around. I did not see the play, but I had read about its performance elsewhere, including The L.A. Weekly, which seemed to think this play was the greatest thing since sliced bread. It was apparently a hit with the gay community, though I cannot remember how long it ran. The "logo" was a Hirschfield-like drawing of a woman's face, wearing a 1930s style hat, a fur collar, a cigarette in a cigarette holder in her hand, maintaining a "mysterious" appearance. It was on display in front of the hall for a long time. I saw the sign a lot when driving past the place.
There is no logic to having Kubrick, Nicholson, Turkell, et al., to fly to L.A., only to grab just two shots. The expense would have been more than the cost to simply redress the existing set at Elstree Studios, if that were even necessary. Kubrick had a video tap attached to his camera. If he had seen a problem in the playback, or when viewing the footage the next day, he would have re-shot everything right there on Stage 5.
Where did you get this information? Or, to put it another way, do you know who started this rumor? There have been numerous rumors about Kubrick made over the years, and some have become urban legends. You are, so far, the only person I know of who audaciously made a video about such a rumor and is now passing it off as fact. The comments from people below who believe this is astonishing, and not in a good way.
They are fools or scam artists out for likes.
A real narcissist will do anything for a click 🙄
Love the book, and the movie. Cool vid as always.
"Hair of the Dog Lloyd! Hair of the dog!"
I live in Borehamwood where Elstree Studios are, we are very proud of the towns connection to The Shining, Kubrick also filmed A Clockwork Orange in the town.
And none of it in LA!
"I was always the bartender"
I've seen this movie dozens of times, but never realized that background was faked! Thanks for an awesome video!
This is not true. It is fake.
well it was all a set in england.
You must be an extremely gullible person. Simple research will show that this was not the case.
The Stanley Hotel - Historic Stanley Estes Park Hotel where it was also film
Saw this in the theater with my dad. I was 10.
It was Awesome
Beautiful movie theater!💙
Spooky Spooky 🕸☠️🎃
I live not to far from Boulder, and the location of the establishing shot for the Torrence's Boulder apartment.
I can remember when the shining came out, I remember when the trailer for it came on advertising the movie I was a small kid and my big brother used to come running in pointing out the go-cart saying that's what you're getting for your Christmas..... Lol... That little kid always freaked me out along with the young girls the twins... 😱
Thank you so much guyz !
Did you know Stephen King himself always hated Kubrick's The Shining ,for some reason. And he still does to this day. I always liked it. I have it on bluray
He likes it now that the sequel put Kubrick's changes in context!
I love that you find beauty in almost everything
Probably my favorite movie. We were at the Stanley in Colorado a few years ago and I loved the whole experience. Always good stuff from you guys. Great filming location vid. You did the Timberline, now the Stanley for the background? Keep up the great work.
The history of this place is unreal. Absolutely phenomenal!!!
What's unreal is this video. None of The Shining was shot here.
What a gorgeous building
I have been to the Overlook facade up in the Oregon hotel at the base of the Mountain
I'll save this episode for work tomorrow 😁
This building certainly has a rich tradition. George C Scott s speech at the beginning of Patton was filmed there as well
THANKS ,, VERY COOOL...
You do know Kubrick did not fly, so He would not of been there for any pick up shots. And no way he's flying just for pick up shots!
Thank you for fascinating channel , you guys are professional and your love for all things Grimm is so real. Love love this channel. This place is simply stunning
Except The Shining was not filmed there.
i was born that year. 1980. i am 42 years old. now 2022, ❤
Wonderful work!
Thank you both for all your videos. I love the true crime ones and Halloween ones the most
The video looked really good. Not that it doesn’t usually, new camera?
Hey you two🙏💖💖. Love that flick🤘
This place is amazing and yes, on so many levels. My friend Ted who was an assistant director with me, got married here. It was perfect for them. They both worked in the film industry and he has continued his career in the military rejoining the army reserves. The place is loaded with fantastic photos of past Hollywood icons who also served in the armed forces.
freaking legend movie The shining it's freaking badass good video keep it up metal horns
My all time favourite movie
I have always been there...
Me too, one of the greatest movies of all time
Loved the video, guys! Another classic!
Keep them coming
@@lancegardner7670 It's nonsense. None of the movie was filmed in LA. Kubrick's daughter and the assistant editor of the movie both confirm this.
I really freaking love you guys! Im new to the channel but ever since I watched one video of y’all I have benching them. You guys have seen and done things some of us only dream we could do. Thank you for sharing all this with us!! 😄
Except this video is in error.
There’s just something magical about old school Hollywood architecture. Another great video Michael and Jessica!! Happy Halloween 🎃 🖤 💚🙏
Yesteryear nostalgia is pretty powerful love old Hollywood
Great... except the video is wrong in every detail about The Shining.
Great content. You are awesome
The filming was filmed mainly at Elstree Studios in England. I know because the exterior set of the hotel is still there!
It's now a Tesco
@@spacemanski its now where i get my weekly shop lol
One of my favorites !!! 💘 it !!! Jack Nicholson is just the scariest !!!!
I was in Jr. High-school when I've seen this on the big screen. It was a erie feeling at that bar but now finding out it was not filmed at the Overlook Hotel surprised me..
Freaking awesome hands-down just awesome, Hollywood does know how to style
Except it's false. The Shining was NOT filmed there.
Great video. Looks really stunning inside
American Legion beautiful facility rich in history, awesome vlog The Shining 👍🏻
That auditorium is great----------------------------
I grew up driving past this place and never saw the inside. Very cool!
Beautiful building.
A very relatable movie that came out the year of my birth, love the bonafide sequel as well. 🎃👍
That Movie Theatre is Fantastic.Great Renovation.
I love The Shining. ❤
Another great video. Thanks Both.
Shining was terrifying when i was a kid and still is! Kubrick and Nicholson man, they don’t make movies like they used to!
Even scarier book!
Very historical hotel and your presentation enhance the beauty of this wonderful facility.
Loved this , the shining Great movie 🎥 thanks for sharing
My friend and I actually met the actor that played the bartender in upstate NY in the late 80s. He was a very nice man.
AWESOME
another great video-wonder where the original wrought iron chandeliers from VFW post 43 went????
RIP. He was great in that role! Wish he had more scenes!
I probably said before in some other video but I must say again, I don't watch all of your stuff because obviously not all of it interest me, but when I do, its just awesome, you guys are great!
Sorry, but The Shining wasn’t filmed there at all. Great looking space though!
Yessss!!! Be checking this out later tonight!!!🎃🎃keepitGrimm🎃🎃